Recording device and recording method

Abstract

A recording device includes a head including a plurality of nozzles discharging ink droplets and a head including a plurality of nozzles discharging ink droplets of a color identical to that of the ink droplets, a driving circuit configured to drive the former head at a drive voltage and drive the latter head by another drive voltage, an input unit configured to receive an input of selection information selected, based on comparison between a print image printed by the former head and a plurality of other print images G2 printed by the latter head, with the other drive voltage being changed individually, and a control unit configured to control the drive voltage and the other drive voltage, based on the selection information input from the input unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A recording device comprising:
 a first nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles discharging droplets and a second nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles discharging droplets of a color identical to that of the droplets discharged from the first nozzle row; 
 a driving circuit configured to drive the first nozzle row at a first voltage and drive the second nozzle row at a second voltage; 
 an input unit configured to receive an input of selection information selected based on comparison between a first recording image recorded by the first nozzle row and a plurality of second recording images recorded by the second nozzle row, with the second voltage being changed accordingly; and 
 a control unit configured to control the first voltage and the second voltage based on the selection information input from the input unit. 
 
     
     
       2. The recording device according to  claim 1 , comprising a storage unit configured to store the selection information input from the input unit. 
     
     
       3. The recording device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the plurality of second recording images to be compared with the first recording image are recorded by the second nozzle row driven at the second voltage set with a plurality of differential voltages, which are integral multiples of a prescribed differential voltage, with respect to the first voltage. 
 
     
     
       4. The recording device according to  claim 3 , wherein the first recording image is recorded between the plurality of second recording images. 
     
     
       5. The recording device according to  claim 3 , wherein the input unit is configured to accept a change instruction for changing the prescribed differential voltage. 
     
     
       6. A recording method for a recording device including a first nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles discharging droplets and a second nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles discharging droplets of a color identical to that of the droplets discharged from the first nozzle row, and a driving circuit configured to drive the first nozzle row at a first voltage and drive the second nozzle row at a second voltage, the recording method comprising:
 recording a first recording image by the first nozzle row and recording a plurality of second recording images by the second nozzle row, with the second voltage being changed accordingly; 
 accepting an input of selection information selected, based on comparison between the first recording image and the plurality of second recording images; and 
 controlling the first voltage and the second voltage, based on the selection information that has been input.